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Indonesia orders tsunami evacuations in northern Sulawesi after powerful Philippines quake
JAKARTA, June 8 — Indonesia ordered today evacuations of northern areas threatened by tsunami waves after a 7.8-magnitude quake struck the southern Philippines. Officials in areas at risk — the […]
Iran fires missiles at Israel for first time since April truce
JERUSALEM, June 8 — Air raid sirens sounded in Israel yesterday as its military worked to intercept barrages of incoming Iranian missiles for the first time since an April ceasefire […]
Los Angeles cuts street homelessness with tiny homes, yet crisis endures before World Cup spotlight
LOS ANGELES, June 8 — For the past few months, Michael Gilpin has slept in a small, prefabricated house he moved into when he got off the streets of Los […]
Palestinian farmers ‘steal’ their own crops as settler violence surges across occupied West Bank
AS SAWIYAH (Palestinian Territories), June 7 — With pitchforks and a makeshift combine the size of a golf cart, Hamad Jazi and his nephews race under the blazing sun to […]
SME minister Han Seong‑sook nominated as South Korea’s next PM, only second woman in history
SEOUL, June 7 — South Korean President Lee Jae-myung nominated Han Seong-sook to be his next prime minister on Sunday, making her only the second woman to hold the post […]
Gaokao jitters meet youth unemployment fears as 12.9 million students chase university dreams across China
BEIJING, June 7 — Hundreds of young Chinese students clutching pens and their IDs shuffled into a testing centre in blue-skied Beijing on Sunday, swarmed by parents, joining millions sitting […]
Pentagon raises threat of Israeli spying to ‘critical’
KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 — The Pentagon has reportedly raised its counterintelligence threat level for Israel to its highest tier amid concerns over alleged spying on senior US officials. AFP, […]
China holds ‘special operation’ near Taiwan after Japan-Philippines sea border talks
BEIJING, June 7 — China held a “law enforcement operation” in waters east of Taiwan following recent talks between Japan and the Philippines to draw a boundary there, state media […]
How Israel’s permanent state of war and ‘super-Sparta’ vision are weighing on the country
JERUSALEM, June 7 — The enormous costs of Israel’s multi-front war and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s determination to turn his country into a “super-Sparta” of the Middle East are driving […]
US military says it shot down two Iranian drones threatening Strait of Hormuz shipping
WASHINGTON, June 7 — The US military said late yesterday it shot down two Iranian attack drones threatening Strait of Hormuz shipping traffic, the latest clash between the warring forces […]